World · North America · 4 hrs ago
Married pilots balance demanding schedules with travel and time together
Tyler Bell and Jenn Hoare are married airline pilots who fly for JetBlue Airways and Breeze Airways.
They live near Boston but spend much of their time working flights and staying in crew hotels across the Americas.
Their schedules can keep them apart for a week, though sometimes they spend several days together at home.
They plan around family events, but delays, cancellations and bad weather can disrupt those plans.
Their pilot jobs also let them travel the world for free, and they sometimes use flight layovers to spend time together.
They rely on shared interests and frequent communication to manage the strain of their work schedules on their marriage.
Married airline pilots Tyler Bell and Jenn Hoare say their demanding schedules can leave them apart for a week, despite both working in aviation.
Bell is a first officer at JetBlue Airways, while Hoare is a first officer at Breeze Airways.
They split their time between an apartment near Boston and crew hotels across the Americas.
The couple married in 2025 at the New England Air Museum in Connecticut.
They say shared interests and frequent communication help them manage their schedules and spend time together.
- Who
- Tyler Bell, a JetBlue Airways first officer, and his wife, Jenn Hoare, a Breeze Airways first officer.
- What
- The married pilots balance airline schedules that can keep them apart with travel and time together.
- When
- They married in 2025. The date of their airport coffee-shop date night is not stated.
- Where
- They live part-time in the Boston area and stay in crew hotels across the Americas; they met for coffee at San Diego airport.
- Why
- They love their jobs and share a commitment to making their marriage work despite demanding schedules.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Jenn Hoare began her aviation career as a JetBlue flight attendant.
Bell and Hoare married at the New England Air Museum in Connecticut.
The couple met for an hour at a coffee shop inside San Diego airport between flights.
- Tyler Bell
- 28; first officer at JetBlue Airways
- Jenn Hoare
- 33; first officer at Breeze Airways
- Wedding
- 2025 at the New England Air Museum in Connecticut
- Home base
- Boston-area apartment shared with two cats, Ellery and Noogit
- Layover
- 28 hours in Aruba during which Hoare joined Bell
What people are saying
We might spend five straight days together at home, then go a week without seeing each other.
It's not unusual for one of us to come home as the other heads out the door.
If we make one mistake, we're likely to over-communicate.
Still, as pilots, we can turn a long overnight into a mini-vacation: Jenn once joined me for my 28-hour layover in Aruba between flights.